The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)Settle, Elkanah
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The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)
Settle, Elkanah
Morrell, William, -1692 -- Fiction
All her fine Cloaths were Boxed up, together with several Bed and
Table-Linnen, _&c._ (for she had pretty good Moveables, all the
Legacies of Deceased Aunts and Grannies, and other good Kin) and all
sent by her Man _Tom_ to the Carriers, and two days after places took
in the flying Coach for their speeding to _London_.
But one main thing was almost forgotten. She had call'd in her Portion,
which for a Guinies Gratification the Scrivener had ready at an Hours
warning, having at that time some other peoples Money by him
undisposed, and hers being out upon Mortgage, the Owners were very well
pleas'd to make an Exchange upon the same security. This Money was not
to be trusted by the Waggon, but to be carryed up with her in the Coach
box, for which her Man _Tom_ beg'd her acceptance of a little Gilt
leather'd Trunk that happen'd to be just small enough to go into the
Coach-box. The Day of setting out being the Morrow, her thoughtful
Spouse had nicely consider'd that the Coach would be in _London_ half a
day before the Carrier, which for some Reasons you'll find in the
sequel was not altogether for his convenience, and therefore he made a
shift to put off the Journey till next Coach-day.
Against that time the Gilt-leather'd Trunk, and the Key to it was
deliver'd her, (tho by the by he had got two Keys) and the 80_l._ some
Broad pieces, a Caudle-Cup, half a dozen of Silver Spoons, and some
other Toys were all stowed in it; and the Kind Couple are trundling
away for _London_, with the Man well mounted riding by.
Now as a Man of his Estate, he had freely given her all her own
Portion, a small Privy Purse to buy her Pins with, having Marryed her
only for Beauty, and much disdaining the addition of so small a sum to
his plentiful Fortune. The first stage being done (for they had but one
Night to lye by the way) the small Cabinet of Treasure was carefully
taken out of the Coach, and lodged in a Closet in the Chamber, and next
Morning deliver'd to _Tom_ to see safely laid in the Coach-box as
before.
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